Today is the first day of starting a new company (the name of which is yet to be decided) and this is by no means a top 10 things you should do when starting a company, but here are the first 10 things I’ve done – in no particular order.
1. Seed capital
First things first, cash is king so got to sort out some cash to get things going.
2. Xero
I’ve spent the last three years building the best accounting system ever, so I’m really looking forward to finally getting to use it for real!
http://www.xero.com
3. Life chair
After sitting in one of these for the last three years, I just had to get one.
http://www.formway.co.nz/Products/Life.html.
4. Server
I thought long and hard about what to do for a development server and in the end was really impressed with Erin from Unleash who offered me a perfect ex-lease server with very reasonable hosting.
http://www.unleash.co.nz
5. Accurev
I met these guys in Boston 18 months ago and was well impressed with their SCM system. They are the smartest agile guys I’ve met and I’m really looking forward to using their system.
http://www.accurev.com
6. Employee
Its great finding someone who’s skills complement your own and it means that the projects are pushing forward even when I’m out schmoozing over coffee.
7. LiquidPlanner
Like it or not, my company will be doing timesheets. Partly because we’ll be doing some chargeable work, but mainly because I want to know what I’m investing into every product & idea. LiquidPlanner has very nice project planning and prioritisation and employees get a nice to-do list which they can estimate against and track their time and progress.
http://www.liquidplanner.com
8. Pray
Yep - church doesn’t have a monopoly on God so I want to know how God & business mix and I want to experience stuff like this: “But the people who know their God shall be strong, and carry out great exploits”
9. Intranet
Managing and sharing information is key, so getting an intranet in place is a top priority. In this case, I’ve started building my own … who knows – maybe one day I’ll productise it.
10. Office
Sitting in the sun in the garden at home, drinking Tuatara Pilsner is nice, but I’ve got to be in the CBD – so the great guys at Mindscape have agreed to let me crash on their couch (so to speak) for a while. Thanks! http://www.mindscape.co.nz
Now for the work to begin, I’ll share a bit about my first few projects soon(ish).
Posted by Andrew 
